Investors watch stock fluctuations (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh StockExchange (HOSE) continued the upward trend on April 6 when it gained nearly 7points to move closer to the 1,200 point benchmark.
The index rose 0.98 point to 1,194.15 pointsright at the beginning of the trading session. Later, a sudden strong demandpushed the VN-Index up, helping it to quickly surpass 1,200 points and evenreach 1,202 points.
However, this upward trend did not last long andthe VN-Index fluctuated between 1,198 – 1,199 points in the remaining time ofthe session.
Among large-cap stocks, VCB and SAB kept their pricesunchanged from April 5 while MSN and GAS decreased by 2,700 VND and 100 VND pershare, respectively. VIC, VNM, BVH and CTG were coloured green when they grew100 – 1,400 VND per share.
At the end of the trading session, the VN-Indexrose 6.79 points to close at 1,199.96 points. More than 252 million shares weretraded, equivalent to over 7.38 trillion VND (323.2 million USD).
In the VN30 basket, which measures theperformance of 30 stocks with the highest market capitalisation and liquidityon HOSE, there were 11 codes recording price declines, five codes unchanged and14 others with price hikes.
The VN30 Index edged up 5.25 points to 1,174.37 points when74 million shares worth some 3.44 trillion VND (151 million USD) were traded.
Meanwhile, the HNX-Index on the Hanoi StockExchange (HNX) ended at 138.02 points after increasing by 1.26 points with morethan 69 million shares worth about 1.19 trillion VND (52.2 million USD) traded.
HNX30, which tracks the HNX’s 30 leading sharesin terms of market capitalisation and liquidity, inched up 0.19 point to 261.65points. About 45 million shares worth over 941 billion VND (41.3 million USD)were traded.
UpCoM Index on the Unlisted Public CompanyMarket (UPCoM) gained 0.22 point to close at 60.64 points. Over 30 millionshares were traded at nearly 580 billion VND (25.4 million USD).-VNA
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